University of Wisconsin President Ray Cross on Tuesday asked the Legislature's budget-writing committee to approve a new public authority for the UW System, a "dedicated and stable funding stream" and to reduce the governor's proposed $300 million budget cut over the next two years.

Shortly after he finished his testimony, a handful of protesters burst into the room shouting, "No cuts, no deals." Followed by four Capitol police officers, the protesters marched past the table where Cross was sitting to give testimony before the Joint Committee on Finance.

If Park Bank is liable for not spotting Sujata "Sue" Sachdeva's $34 million embezzlement from Koss Corp. and has to reimburse the company, Koss Chief Executive Michael Koss should also be ordered to personally pay the public company he runs, the bank argues in a new lawsuit.

Grant Thornton, Koss Corp.'s former auditor, should also have to pay a portion of any award that may be ordered, Park Bank argued in the latest twist in a long-running court fight stemming from Sachdeva's massive embezzlement.

"Park Bank denies any and all liability to Koss in this case," the bank said in its action. "Nevertheless, should Park Bank be found liable to Koss (Corp.) and required to pay damages to Koss, in this case, those damages will have been the result of a common liability of Park Bank, Michael Koss and Grant Thornton, thereby entitling Park Bank to (a) contribution from Michael Koss and Grant Thornton."(6)

McCarthy on Newton, NFC North, heat

On getting back into a normal schedule: "It feels good to get back into a normal schedule. It's something I addressed with the team this morning. We'll have seven Sunday games in a row before the bye week. We talk about it often. I feel that regularity is important to the success of your football team. Starting Wednesday morning, we'll be able to get into that.

"Rhythm and timing is not always just during the game. I feel it's important to do that during the week."

On Cam Newton's play Sunday: "422. That was impressive. I was impressed with their football team as a whole, watching the game yesterday on TV and I had a chance to watch their defense this morning. We’re going into their stadium, their home opener. I think Cam Newton was very impressive for the young man to go out there in his first game and put up the numbers that he did. It looked like he was very much in control of their offense.”

On how difficult it is for a quarterback to do that in his first start: "It’s difficult, no doubt about. Especially when we don’t have an off-season. It’s a credit to their coaching staff and it’s a credit to Cam to go out there and perform at that level under the circumstances this season with no off-season training. I was very impressed.”

On scouting Panthers, not having a lot of film on them with new coaches: “It fits into first-quarter football. We talked about it last week preparing for the Saints you have somewhere between 25-35 percent of the players in the game that would fall into the category of potentially being unscouted looks. That’s no different playing Carolina this week. I think it goes both ways. It’s not like we’re going to line up and run the exact same plays that we ran last week against the Saints. It’s all part of the scheme challenge. We’ll definitely participate in it from our end.”

On how other NFC North teams fared: “I thought they played well. I got a chance to watch some of the Chicago game. It was on TV here locally and I saw the highlights from the Detroit game. They’re off to a good start and Minnesota was leading for a good part of that game. I did not see the game but it looks like everybody feels pretty good about themselves.”

On Tramon Williams’ status: “I’ll just wait until Wednesday because then I’ll have more information for you based on Tramon and the others. But we did have a lot of guys here this weekend which is good.”

On if Pickett, Raji allow the defense to be so effective with their play vs. the run: “That’s something to be seen. The way we play our players and who plays in what packages, that’s what game plans are for. The opponent has as much to do with that as anything. I thought Ryan and B.J. played very well this past week against the Saints."

On if the heat here this week helps with Carolina coming up: “I’m told the weekend in Carolina is going to be in the mid-70s so we’ve been over to practice in that kind of heat. Unless it’s extraordinary, I don’t think it’s a big deal. We’re going there for 36 hours and when we play in the game, it’s 3 ½ hours. Our hydration is the most important thing we have to do. We have to be more conscious of substitutions. We’ll do that. Those are the types of things we’ll talk about as a staff. It’s not the first time we’ve gone down south at the beginning of the season.”

About Tyler Dunne

Tyler Dunne covers the Green Bay Packers. He has been on the beat since 2011, winning awards with the Pro Football Writers of America and Milwaukee Press Club.